News

Jewish pupils face ‘regular and hostile abuse’

Former Ofsted chief highlights the ‘extraordinary’ security measures required in Jewish faith schools as he reveals the interim findings from his review into antisemitism in education settings

Recent
Most read
Most shared
Recent
Most read
Most shared

Ofsted under pressure to share inspection aides with all schools

Watchdog warned it faces 'huge credibility issue' if only some schools and trusts have access to materials that could help them prepare for inspections

School leaders turn to union over ‘real fear’ they will lose homes

Union boss reveals members' deep concerns over cost of living and staff relying on food banks

Grammar schools: minister hopes to lift ban before election

School standards minister Jonathan Gullis says he hopes legislation allowing new grammar schools will be brought forward before the next election

Universal free meals demanded as poverty hits pupils hard

Cost-of-living crisis demands 'immediate action' to help pupils and their families, says teaching union during Scotland's Challenge Poverty Week

Support pours in for primary on receiving end of racist abuse

First minister and education secretary among those to condemn racist tweets directed at Glasgow primary school

Minister calls for more major MATs to partner with private schools

Newly appointed school standards minister Jonathan Gullis encourages big academy trusts in London and South East to roll out across the country

Call for mandatory antiracism training for teachers

The training should empower school staff to facilitate racial equality, says union boss, who is calling for a 'centralised antiracist approach to education'

Sturgeon: ‘Only right’ to listen to pupils on climate change

Scotland's Climate Week is drawing to a close and has this year focused on encouraging respectful conversation about climate change

DfE cuts will leave schools facing a ‘catastrophe’

Schools sector leaders' warnings come after the Treasury says government departments should stick 'rigidly' to spending limits put in place last October, despite soaring costs

Prioritise diversity if ‘serious’ about teacher recruitment, DfE told

Heads, academies and teacher leaders urge ministers to prioritise and fund work to improve inclusion in schools 'if it is serious about recruitment and retention'

Pressure building over teacher pay in Wales

NASUWT Cymru says it will ballot members for industrial action unless government makes a 12% offer

10 questions with... Carole Willis

NFER chief executive Carole Willis chats with 91¶¶Òõ about getting out of PE lessons and lunchtime discos at school, the importance of data, and why she would establish an Opportunity Task Force if she became education secretary

Strike ballot warning made over teacher pay in Scotland

NASUWT is seeking an 'immediate programme of pay restoration', starting with a pay award of at least 12 per cent

Oak boss: ‘Teachers must always decide what they teach’

Exclusive: Oak National Academy chief insists the newly created national curriculum resources provider will not threaten teachers' autonomy

New attendance dashboard launches to ‘tackle absence’

The dashboard is part of the government's drive to improve school attendance this term

Teacher training cold spot task force unveiled

The government says the new ITT steering group will work with the sector on 'next steps', after fears that its culling of providers would lead to regional 'cold spots'

GCSEs 2023: We can’t mitigate for varied Covid impact, says Ofqual

Ofqual chief tells 91¶¶Òõ that it is 'impossible' to put measures in place in the exams system to account for different levels of Covid disruption to learning across the country

DfE reveals approved teacher training providers

DfE publishes full list of organisations accredited to offer teacher training courses from 2024 following its shake-up of the sector

Heads express anger over rejection of Scottish exam appeals

Headteachers share fears that a high number of failed appeals would show that teachers' judgment and Covid disruption are not being properly reflected

GCSEs and A levels 2023: How exams will run next summer

The government and Ofqual have set out how exams will run this year – here’s everything you need to know

ITT shake-up: Universities could launch legal action against DfE

The government's reaccreditation of teacher training providers was 'unnecessary and flawed', says higher education leader

Labour conference diary: School gloom amid the optimism

Opposition party buoyant with record lead in the polls – but the mood was very different on the education fringes

Education secretary urged to intervene in Scottish teacher pay talks

Union tells Somerville to get directly involved if teacher strike action is to be avoided

DfE shake-up to shrink teacher training market by 25%

Exclusive: A total of 179 providers have now been approved to offer courses following the DfE shake-up of the sector, 91¶¶Òõ has learned